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grinis et inuſitatis vel eos qui ſicvolunt laudare atqꝫ defendere etdefēdēdo ſe ip̄os magis inuolue̓qͣꝫ euoluere Adducā hoc loco nemihi ſoli videar inniti ꝑticulaꝫ cuiuſdā ẜmonis facti in capl̓o vnofr̄m Carthuſien̄ Anno. 1208. cuiꝰthema eſt. videamꝰ ſi floruit vinea⁊cͣ Quartā vero deuotionē falſaꝫid ē vanā et curioſā illi exercent qͥſine mortificatione ꝓprie voluntatis a zelo dn̄o ſeruiēdi vitā ſpūalem ꝯſiſtere credūt in ruminatiōevel potiꝰ fantaſiatiōe reꝝ ſpūaliūeſtimātes hanc ip̄am fantaſiatōꝫvel ſaltē delectationē inde ꝯſequētem deuotionē eſſe vn̄ hijad hancip̄am ꝯſequendā nō contēti modos loquēdi ſcpͥture ſacre adinueniſit ſibi vel fingūt de rebus ſpūalibus modos abſtractiores eo ꝙtales maiorē eis delectationē generēt Plerūqꝫ etiā ob hoc materias ſatis faciles obſcuris modiset abſtractis in qͥbus delectanturobuoluētes aut vocātes humiliationē vel fortaſſis etiā altā cōtēplationē. ſummerſionē in abiſſaliꝓfundo. d̓inū amorē ānihilatiōꝫvel in nihilū redactionē. charitatiuū motū mētis in deū influxuꝫ indeū. vocātes motus ad opꝰ ꝓpterdeū effluxū a deo et ſic de alijs cōſimilibꝰ qͣꝫuis tamē xp̄ūs ꝓph̓e etapl̓i et om̄es doctores ſcpͥture ſacre tractatores qͣntū poterant etexpediebāt ea que difficilia fuer̄tꝑ modos loquēdi fecerūt facilia

Hec reuera falſa deuotio eſt religioſis ꝑiculoſiſſima qm̄ multos aqͥtidiana heu docet et dolēdā docuit exꝑientia qui ſpūales ac religioſi apparebāt decepit infatuauit vel penitꝰ excecauit ita vt fierent in obſeruātijs regularibꝰ qͣsdeſpexerāt deſides. ſuperioribusquos rudes reputabāt rebelles.etiā aliqui fugerēt ⁊ apoſtatarētAliqui etiā hereticarēt vel an̄ tēpus ꝓphetarent dicētes hec dicitdn̄s cū dn̄s nō eſſet locutus Sedſuꝑba vel ſaltē fantaſticā capitaeoꝝ hec ip̄a ꝯfinxerūt. Aliqui qͦꝫmirabiles fatuitates ext̓nſecus inpretenſis iubilationibꝰ tripudijsſaltationibꝰ et hmōi on̄derūt Sequit̉ quarta deuotio eſt vinū valde fumoſū id eſt ſuꝑbie generatm̄et eſt libidinoſū de qͦ myſtice et illa fortaſſis inhibitio apl̓ica accipi poteſt nolite inebriari vino inquo eſt luxuria Et reuera in hocip̄o ē ſpūalis luxuria eo ꝙ ſic falſe deuoti nō dei cultū et honorēſed ꝓpriā querunt delectationemhec ibi. O ſi vidiſſes qͥſqͥs auctorfuiſti ſermonis illiꝰ ſi vidiſſes epiſtolaꝫ nouit̓ on̄ſam mͥ qͦd dixiſſesquid ſtomachi habuiſſes.Micus plato amicꝰ ſocͣtes. magis amica veritas¶ Peruertit eniꝫ affectio nimia ad doctorem aliquem. vel doctrinam iudicium non ſolum practicum quod ſepiſſime contingitſed etiaꝫ ſpeculatiuū de quo minꝰ